As used and intended in this chapter and for the purposes hereof,
unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any living creature of any nonhuman genus or species which
is kept or controlled by any person or legal entity for any domestic,
commercial, or agricultural purpose.
A Dog Control Officer as defined in § 114 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law and will be responsible to enforce all City ordinances enacted concerning dogs and other animals and to enforce Article 7 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, Licensing, Identification and Control of Dogs.
As applied to a dog, that such animal is securely confined
or restrained and kept on the owner's premises either within a building,
kennel or other suitable enclosure or securely fastened on a chain,
wire or other effective tether of such length and so arranged that
the animal cannot reach or endanger any person on any adjacent premises
or on any public street, way or place or, if the animal is being transported
by the owner, that it is securely confined in a crate or other container
or so restrained in a vehicle that it cannot escape therefrom.
Includes both male and female dogs.
Includes any person or persons, firm, association or corporation
who or which at any time owns or has custody and control of or harbors
or is otherwise responsible for any dog which is kept, brought or
comes within the corporate limits of this City.
That degree of care which, in the opinion of a veterinarian,
is necessary to preserve an animal's life or to prevent its suffering.
[Added 9-3-2019]
An individual licensed by the State of New York in the practice
of veterinary medicine, as such practice is defined under state law,
and who in the ordinary course of his or her practice treats dogs
and/or cats.
[Added 9-3-2019]
